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Paul’s Appeal for Onesimus

Philemon 1:21

In 9 translations

BSB
Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
KJV
Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
WEB
Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
ASV
Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.
LSV
I wrote to you having been confident in your obedience, having known that you will also do above what I may say;
YLT
having been confident in thy obedience I did write to thee, having known that also above what I may say thou wilt do;
DBY
Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.
DRC
Trusting in thy obedience, I have written to thee: knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
GNV
Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowing that thou wilt do eue more then I say.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἃ (“what [things]”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ὃ (“what [thing]”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ἃ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἃ; Robinson–Pierpont read ὃ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
πεποιθὼς τῇ ὑπακοῇ σου ἔγραψά σοι, εἰδὼς ὅτι καὶ ὑπὲρ ἃ λέγω ποιήσεις.
RP2018
Πεποιθὼς τῇ ὑπακοῇ σου ἔγραψά σοι, εἰδὼς ὅτι καὶ ὑπὲρ ὃ λέγω ποιήσεις.
TR-Boyd
Πεποιθὼς τῇ ὑπακοῇ σου ἔγραψά σοι, εἰδὼς ὅτι καὶ ὑπὲρ ὃ λέγω ποιήσεις.
SCR1894
πεποιθως τη υπακοη σου εγραψα σοι ειδως οτι και υπερ ο λεγω ποιησεις

Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:4And we have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command.
  • 2 Corinthians 2:3I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.
  • 2 Corinthians 7:16I rejoice that I can have complete confidence in you.
  • Galatians 5:10I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
  • 2 Corinthians 8:22And we are sending along with them our brother whose earnestness has been proven many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.

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